Apple killing off Adobe Flash in next Safari update

PanARMENIAN.Net - Adobe Flash has been on its knees for some time, and Apple's latest move could kill off the plug-in once and for all, Digital Spy said.

Starting with macOS Sierra, the company will disable Flash by default if you ever installed it on your Mac, with the newer HTML5 technology replacing it - a software that has been gaining traction on websites for delivering interactive content, Digital Spy said.

Apple software engineer Ricky Mondello explained in a blog post that if you encounter a site that can use either Flash or HTML5, the browser will choose the latter.

Flash was inescapable during its peak on the internet - an essential tool for running games, powering graphics and streaming media inside web browsers. For almost as long, it's faced criticism for the many security vulnerabilities and the toll it takes on batteries.

With the change, these two crippling issues should be resolved without any noticeable switch across to HTML5 for websites you regularly use, such as YouTube.

Apple started the war against Flash by banning the plug-in from its iOS software and its mobile devices almost a decade ago. Along the way, website developers began turning to HTML5 to create animations, videos and other types of multimedia content.

Now, with this latest change set to take shape when macOS Sierra launches later this year, the battle could soon be over, Digital Spy said.